The Forum Determines American History - Part One: Convention in Philadelphia
It's the summer of 1778, and you are a delegate to the United States Constitutional Convention.
16 members have voted
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1. What should the structure of the Legislative Branch be?
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Unicameral elected legislature determined by population.
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Bicameral elected legislature determined by population
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Bicameral elected legislature. Lower House determined by population, Upper House has equal representation.
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Unicameral elected legislature with equal representation0
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Unicameral legislature appointed by the executive
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2. How should the president be elected?
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President, and Vice-President elected separately using electoral college0
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President, and Vice-President elected on tickets using electoral college
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President, and Vice-President elected separately using popular vote
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President, and Vice-President elected on tickets using popular vote
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President, and Vice-President elected separately using a proportional electoral college
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President, and Vice-President elected on tickets using proportional electoral electoral college
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President elected using electoral college, Vice President selected by Senate0
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President elected using popular vote, Vice President selected by Senate0
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No President, the legislature should take the powers of the executive branch
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The Presidency should be a hereditary office
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3. What should the structure of the Judicial Branch be?
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The judicial branch should take its historical structure
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The judicial branch's powers should be given to the individual states
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Only have federal district, and appeals courts, not any kind of supreme court
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The powers of the judiciary should be controlled by the executive branch
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The powers of the judiciary should be controlled by the legislative branch
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4. Who should be entitled to vote in the new Republic?
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All property owning white men over the age of 210
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All white men over the age of 21
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All free property owning men over the age of 21
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All free men over the age of 210
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All free peoples over the age of 21 whom own property
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All people not in slavery, and over the age of 21
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All white men, and white women who own property over the age of 210
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All white people over the age of 210
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State legislatures should vote for all federal offices0
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Nobody should be allowed to vote.
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5. What powers should the Federal Government be explicitly given in the original constitution? Select all that apply.
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The power to coin money
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The power to regulate inter-state commerce
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The power to declare war
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The power to raise and maintain armed forces
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The power to establish a Post Office.
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The power to build roads
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The power to collect taxes
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The power to borrow money
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The power to regulate international commerce
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The power to regulate intra-state commerce
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The power to make necessary, and proper laws
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The power to charter banks, and corporations
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The power to take private property for public purposes, with just compensation
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The power to spend money for the general welfare
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The power to establish federal courts
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None, all of these powers should belong to the states0
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6. What should the process for amending the constitution be?
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There shouldn't be a way to amend the constitution
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Have a new constitutional convention every twenty years, and amend the constitution then, with a two-thirds majority
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Amendments must be passed by a 2/3rds majority in congress, then be ratified by a 3/4th of the states before taking effect.
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National referendum on all new constitutional amendments requiring 2/3rds support to be ratified.
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7. Finally what, if any, position should the founding document take on slavery?
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None there are high emotions on both sides of this issue, and there's nothing to gain by taking a side in the founding document.
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20 year ban on any legislation related to slavery after the constitutions ratification, and a counting of slaves as 3/5th a person for the purposes of allotment
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Slavery is a moral evil, abolish it!
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Protect a state right to make it's own policy regarding slavery, and ban federal intervention on the topic.0
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Slavery is a moral good, force it upon all the states!
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Ban slavery in any new states, but protect it in the current slave states.
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